U.K.: Fire destroys several businesses at Smethwick industrial estate

A major fire has destroyed many buildings at an industrial estate in the U.K.'s Smethwick town, BBC News reported.

Several businesses located in the estate have been destroyed, including around five units housing electrical goods, clothes and stationery supplies. A West Midlands Fire Service official said many units in the estate were badly affected and it was a "very dangerous scene," BBC News reports.